MO Schools Increase Parental Involvement with Go.edustar

February 2, 2012

Success Stories:
MO Schools Increase Parental Involvement with Go.edustar

 

Charlotte E. McElroy
Operations Manager & IT Director

St. Joseph Christian School
St. Joseph, Missouri


Go.edustar is "an affordable student information system designed to meet the needs of both public and private schools," stated Charlotte McElroy, Operations Manager and IT Director at St. Joseph Christian School.

Charlotte stated that since implementing the Go.edustar parent portal, the school has reduce costs and waste.

She said, "We no longer have to send out midterm progress reports, saving money on paper and postage."

According to Charlotte, these items set Go.edustar apart from competitors:

 

 

  • -Reduce costs and waste
  • -High quality support
  • -Increased parental involvement -through parent portal
  • -Scalable to fit the unique needs of a -private school
  • -"Anytime, anywhere access" to information

Gold Star

Charlotte's Recommendation:

"Go.edustar is an affordable, flexible, stable, all-in-one, student information system backed by a 'top notch' support team. I would (and have) wholeheartedly recommended Go.eduStar to other schools."

 

Steve Blodgett
Technology Coordinator
Knox County R1 School District
Edina, Missouri


Go.edustar is "a very well designed cloud-based software that offered everything we wanted in a grade book," said Steve Blodgett, Technology Coordinator for Knox County R1 School District.

The district wanted an easy-to-use, integrated product, capable of producing state reports. Most importantly, they wanted to implement a parent portal offering all pertanent student information, yet ran smoothly.

Steve recommends Go.edustar. He stated, "The program helps us save time and money by reducing our mailings."

According to Steve, these items set Go.edustar apart from competitors:

 

 

  • -Powerful parent portal
  • -24/7 teacher access
  • -Integrated modules
  • -"Backbone" of MO state reporting
  • -Excellent support

Gold Star

Steve's Recommendation:

"I would highly recommend Go.edustar to other schools and districts. While other schools were and some still are having problems with their student information systems, ours has been running smoothly."